First time I have seen this lad play live - 68 minutes into the east Anglian derby and he is running the show and Ipswich are just smashing him in order to stop him .I now understand what the buzz was about when we were linked to him .Anyone know if we actually lodged a bid in January or was it the normal name dropping

It was stated on one of the hammer sites that we had bid for him in the last window. Problem was probably that Sully offered £2milion plus a packet of condoms and a blow up doll when he had scored 100goals.

I went to the game today (mates got a box), both teams were piss poor in the first half and Maddison was pretty anonymous. Second half was better and he was the best player on the pitch by a country mile. Comfortable on the ball and happy to take players on and get a shot away, dead balls were disappointing.

Locals reckon he's off to Spurs in the summer with some loans coming the opposite direction along with about £20m.

I've seen him a few times and would be happy if we managed to sign him, technically very good with good commitment - he doesn't hide even when he knows he's going to get clattered.

Think he is 21 so has had a bit of toughening up at that level so you’d be thinking he will be a Premier league player next season.I’d rather him than someone like Cairney at Fulham who is still at that level at 27If he has any sense he won’t join Spurs and watch Eriksen,Alli etc but a middle ranking team with a shit midfield so he can play.